Improved fastening for check-hooks and terrets



IMPROVED FASTENING- FOR CHECK-HOURS AND TERRETS.

The .Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To aliwhom it ma/y concern:

g Be it known that I, A. L. HILL, of Decatur, in the county of Macon, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening for Check-Hooks and '1,e1rets54 and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in fastening check-hooks and terrets to the leather by means of a screw passing up from the lower side of the same, and into the base of the hook or terret; said screw being provided with a ilanged head, the iianges of which are impinged into the leather to prevent its being turned.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to 'which myv invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe 4its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, `which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a terret, showing the fastening in section;

Figure 2, a perspective of the screw; and

Figure 3, a side elevation of a check-hook attached to the leather.

A represents a terret, made o f any material, size, and shape desired, and the base of which is provided with a female screw, cut from the lowerside thereof, as shown in fig. 1. Y

B represents a screw, made to t the screw-threads in the base of the terret A. .This screw is provided with a lat head, D, which is square, and the corners a a turned upwards.

` A hole is made in, the leather, and the screw B is inserted in the same from the lowerside, the corners a c of its base pressing into the leather. The terret A is then placed and screwed on to the screw B, n the upper side of the leather, as seen with the checkhook in fig. 3.

Instead of using the screws above described, I may form the screws in the metal composing the saddle, placing them at suitable distance apart, then making corresponding holes in the leather, and fastening the terrets and check-hook in the manner set forth.'

It will be seen that this makesa strong and good fastening, 'atthe same time as it is easily removed; that is, the terrets and check-hooks can be easily taken ofi' for the purposes of cleaning, repairing, V815e.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The screw B, with a i'lat head, D, having its corners, a, turned upwards, and used for connecting the terret or check-hook A, when said telret or hook is provided with a female screw in the shank, all substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that vI claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this'lSth day of August, 1868.

A; L. HILL.

Witnesses:

LEOPOLD Evnnr, A. A. YEATMAN. 

